GRE Word List

POTENTIAL

existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality

The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.

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WordMeaning
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
serebeing dried and withered
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
savanta person of learning